The Steam Deal Thread V6. We're all pumped for CAG 3.0!

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Welcome to the Steam Deal Thread V6! You can find link to past threads at the bottom of this post. Read post #2 of this thread for Steam FAQs and more.

With the V6 Thread, we're trying a slight formatting change. We used to list every possible Steam deal in the OP, but they change too frequently for anyone to keep up with (even in the Wiki format). So now, we'll leave regular minor sales out of the OP. This post will keep track of major sales (Winter sale, etc.), Steam deals available through other sellers (like Amazon), Preorder deals, and Group Buys.

I would still greatly appreciate help from you folks at home in keeping this smaller-scale OP up-to-date. This is a Wiki post so anyone can contribute. Wiki instructions:
Thanks for your help! If you notice a sale has ended, feel free to delete its line from the sale list. Of course, if you see something does need to be added, then kindly add it to the list.

Make sure your changes match the thread's format! For example, every game that's on sale is part of an unordered list. When adding a game to the list, copy an existing line and update the link, title, and prices. That way, the format stays correct. Do not list percentages off! We list the original price and the sale price here. If you have any suggestions for major changes to the post/thread, PM me (EastX) about them.

Steam Sales - Updated 1/22


CAG Threads Featuring Steam Games on Sale Elsewhere - Updated 1/9


Preorder Deals - Updated 1/10
Group Buy Deals - Updated 1/9/13
Several multiplayer Steam games are available in 2-packs or 4-packs. These packs offer a discount over buying multiple copies of a game separately. We also maintain group buy trade threads for several games, so please use those threads if you're interested in setting up a group buy.


Free Stuff - List needs updating with F2P games!
There are several free games and mods on Steam. These are a few choice ones; you can find a full list here. Note that free games are not permanently attached to your Steam account like actual purchases would be. You'll need to manually download a game again from the website if you uninstall it.


Steam around CAG

If you are interested in joining the Steam CAG Community or participating in a trade or group buy with fellow Cheap Ass Gamers, please do so in the dedicated threads and not in the deal discussion thread. In the dedicated threads you will find CAGers with the same specialized interest who will be much quicker (and happier) to respond than in the Deals thread.

Past Special Sales

Visit www.steamgamesales.com to check previous sale prices on Steam games. We do keep track of some older sales here though:

Steam Retail Key List

What is a CD key and where can I find it?

Steam's explanation and list of Steam-activatable keys

The CD Key is a serial number with a combination of 13, 18, or 25 letters and numbers - it can be found on a sticker inside your game's case or printed on the game's quick reference card. The CD Key acts as your proof of purchase for the game - Steam Support may ask for it if you need to establish your ownership of an account. It is recommended that you keep your CD Key in a safe place to ensure the security of your account.

Other Keys that can be redeemed on Steam (CAG tested & verified)
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  • The Ball (bought @D2D, tested by voken)
  • Supreme Commander Forged Alliance (gives both FA and original, bought @amazon, tested by vism)

Indie Bundles thread on Steam forums (link)

Past CAG Steam Deal Threads
 
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[quote name='juanjava']On other stuff...

I forgot I made a question on the Gamestop Forums regarding backup of games...




Got one answer:




So, I don't think there will be a backup system anytime soon. They didn't even remove the (not working) option.

No more Gamestop games for me[/QUOTE]

I don't think this ever got changed from back in the old Stardock-owned days of Impulse - but archiving a back-up within Impulse was OS-specific, back in the day.

If you archive a game on XP; the archive restoration is only gonna work on XP;
If you archive a game on Win 7; restore will only work on Win 7.
 
After putting 33 hours into DMC Devil May Cry, I figured I'd share my review for it:

What a ridiculously enjoyable game. I have played the whole Devil May Cry series, and this game is an exceptional entry into the series. It does away with having to pick your weapon/gun load-out before each mission. All unlocked weapons are usable in combat. Also, the Styles (Swordmaster, Gunslinger, etc.) have been phased out. All the styles have now been incorporated into the new Dante's combat system. Instead of Royal Guard, they added a demon dodge ability, which rewards you with increased damage and style points for dodging enemy attacks at the exact moment. You also now have a standard weapon, hell weapon, and a heaven weapon. The hell weapon is for straight up damage, while the heaven arms specialize in crowd control. Also, some enemies can only be damaged by their respective colored weapons (red=hell, blue=heaven). That can be a pain in the ass because it gets in the way of fluid combat, but it keeps things interesting.

Ninja Theory has presented a great take on the DMC storyline. The game itself is beautiful. Environments are colorful and diverse. Dialogue is a huge step up from previous games. All cutscenes and voices are very well done. The new Dante is great. I never once felt like I hated his character. He comes complete with smart remarks and attitude.

It takes about 10 hours to complete the game on your first playthrough. I went on to replay it 2 more times to get all the collectibles and beat the Nephilim difficulty (all SSS rank :D). There are 4 more difficulties above that if you feel up to it. Dante and his weapons have unlockable skins (the weapons only have skins if you preordered from gamestop or something). There is upcoming dlc for a challenge mode and for an extension to the story with Vergil as a playable character. Steam achieves are a plus! I played the whole thing with keyboard and mouse. Gamepad is supported though.
tldr: DMC is GREAT! steam achieves, great story, visuals, combat, & plenty of replayability

I also decided to give Silverfall a shot, since I bandwagoned and bought it for cheap during the last big sale. First of all, make sure you install the base game first before installing the expansion (if you want to start with a level 1 character). Otherwise, you will have to verify the files in Earth's Awakening. But, before you even do that, don't bother installing the game. its terrible. Maybe I'm just spoiled by games of the genre. I played Diablo1,2,3, Torchlight 1,2, Titan Quests, Path of Exile, Sacred Gold, Hinterland, etc. Silverfall is real unenjoyable right from the start. I can't really give any exact reasons. It just isnt fun. Invisible walls over the map dont help much either. The visuals arent bad, with the cartoony cell-shaded look. But thats the only good thing about the game. Theres way too much uninteresting dialogue to click through for quests. The map doesnt adjust to how you have the screen rotated. I dont think its possible to put a potion in a hotbar. The crafting system looks way too complicated for me to give a damn about it. The skills are boring.

I would like to say that I am biased against old clunky games, but that isnt true. I played Sacred Gold recently for 20+ hours and enjoyed it. That game was clunky as hell and is quite old.

tldr#2: Silverfall is garbage, dont bother installing it. It is a huge download too.
 
[quote name='jazyje']bought TDU2 and it won't launch. I press the START DRM button and nothing happens. HELP![/QUOTE]

Both times I installed this game (once as non-Steam and yesterday as Steam), I've had to fight the "Strict" vs. "Open" NAT problem. I did all kinds of re-jiggering of things: temporary disabling of firewall, reconfiguring router via HTTP (before I did this I didn't even know my router had a login!), rebooting x times because the UpLauncher.exe is an unkillable process in Windows 8, and something I did yesterday worked. I have no idea what worked but now when I fire up the launcher it shows me as Open. Yay! ;) I have one of six events won for the B4 championship (I had to run that race 10-15 times this morning before I was able to take first place--@#$! Ryan Wilder!!).
 
lol

If I knew that you were just about to post it, I would have let you do it. I only posted because it had been almost an hour and it didn't look like anybody else was gonna do it.
 
So I logged a *few* more hours in TDU2, aced both C7, both A7, & both B4 championships (as well as some side stuff). I really like it. I just wish I could select a harder difficulty (personal complaint, I'm a bit of a racing nut), I don't like being able to have a major screw-up or two and still take 1st place.

I really like the physics model! Going downhill (offroad) and picking up speed, the steering gets realistically loose whereas while going uphill it's tight and responsive. Powersliding feels good when I pull it off just right. Offroad at night is a hoot! It really is open world -- you can drive across the map offroad. Also the offroad races don't penalize you for leaving the trail and making your own path (unless you wind up on the wrong side of a guardrail next to a checkpoint. There is quite a bit of pretty scenery to look at when offroading, and there's even birds flying.

It looks like there is a considerable bit of sims like stuff, redecorating your apartments (walls, floor, furniture. You can repaint and put stickers on your vehicles. There's a lots of clothes to buy. Hairstylists (one in particular is a hoot, I'll have to remember to upload that screenshot). A series of go-photograph missions. There's even a cosmetic clinic (plastic surgeon?).

[quote name='RollingSkull']I'm usually a sucker for Japanese indie games (The only indie games that even remotely approach real game quality) but the latest Nyu Media release Croixleur does not do much to inspire.
It's on Greenlight but not Steam yet. Plays a bit like... well, if DmC is worth $50 and Splatterhouse is worth $20, Croixleur is worth $5. It knows it so it focuses just on arena combat. It should hit all the marks I need: Dodge button, enemy windups, fast combat, but it just doesn't work. Everything is weak. Combat feels like a slightly buffed version of Ys but nobody plays Ys for the combat outside of the boss fights which are amazing.
[/QUOTE]


I took a hard look at it when it debuted on GG. It didn't look promising then.

[quote name='warreni']Both times I installed this game (once as non-Steam and yesterday as Steam), I've had to fight the "Strict" vs. "Open" NAT problem. I did all kinds of re-jiggering of things: temporary disabling of firewall, reconfiguring router via HTTP (before I did this I didn't even know my router had a login!), rebooting x times because the UpLauncher.exe is an unkillable process in Windows 8, and something I did yesterday worked. I have no idea what worked but now when I fire up the launcher it shows me as Open. Yay! ;) I have one of six events won for the B4 championship (I had to run that race 10-15 times this morning before I was able to take first place--@#$! Ryan Wilder!!).[/QUOTE]


I'm sorry to hear you had so much trouble getting networking to work with it. One thing that comes to mind is to enable the UPnP option on your router (that allows applications to open the ports they need).

What vehicle are you driving? I also suggest turning assists off ("hardcore" in TDU2 parlance). I have a personal like of the Touareg, and a strong personal disdain for the H3 (IRL and in game). I haven't tried the new makes of Land Rover.
 
@AshesKitty & TDU2 players:

I think "Hardcore" assistance mode might be WAY too loose of a setting for some players - making it way too easy to spin-out; and way to easy lose control.
"Sports" assistance mode seems to play more similar to say NFS series & Burnout series (at their default settings, if you change nothing on those games).
It's the setting I've been using for TDU2.
 
[quote name='asheskitty']I have a personal like of the Touareg, and a strong personal disdain for the H3 (IRL and in game). I haven't tried the new makes of Land Rover.[/QUOTE]
What! Why are you driving all SUVs? Are you a soccer mom, Ashes?
 
[quote name='pantsattack']Sweet! I didn't know he had his own profile. Thanks![/QUOTE]

Aww, I thought he was playing Hotline Miami, but he just shaved his beard.
 
[quote name='MysterD']@AshesKitty & TDU2 players:

I think "Hardcore" assistance mode might be WAY too loose of a setting for some players - making it way too easy to spin-out; and way to easy lose control.
"Sports" assistance mode seems to play more similar to say NFS series & Burnout series (at their default settings, if you change nothing on those games).
It's the setting I've been using for TDU2.[/QUOTE]


Quite possibly a good suggestion. My earlier point was (1) the TDU2 physics model / handling is great (contrary to metacritics) -- I only played it with assists off. And (2) assists can really chance handling and responsiveness, mess with them if you're not satisfied, it can make it a whole new game. On TDU2 "hardcore" I've only run into two squirrely handing situations so far the C4 class Mustang when accelerating hard in 1st and 2nd gear (really exaggerated) and when barreling downhill (realistic, appropriate).

[quote name='Idiotekque']What! Why are you driving all SUVs? Are you a soccer mom, Ashes?[/QUOTE]


Those filthy soccer balls aren't going in my Veyron. ^_~ Also I needed something with more ground clearance.
 
Just finished up Sly Cooper Thieves in Time for the PS3. Loved it. Now I come back to see a huge spike of TDU2 talk. My God you all went crazy over that. Luckily it's not something I was interested in.
 
[quote name='asheskitty']Quite possibly a good suggestion. My earlier point was (1) the TDU2 physics model / handling is great (contrary to metacritics) -- I only played it with assists off. And (2) assists can really chance handling and responsiveness, mess with them if you're not satisfied, it can make it a whole new game. On TDU2 "hardcore" I've only run into two squirrely handing situations so far the C4 class Mustang when accelerating hard in 1st and 2nd gear (really exaggerated) and when barreling downhill (realistic, appropriate).[/quote]
I'd suggest those great w/ racing games in general - yeah, "Hardcore" is the way to go. You can get so much speed and nothing (no assistance) is in your way. You can fly like the wind. If you fail a turn - you're likely toast, though, on this setting. My problem - I'd spin out or fail a turn so bad sometimes, I'd fail.

Failing a turn or screwing it up a little bit on "Sports" mode is more forgivable for me.

"Full assistance" feels like it's for newbies or those not too familiar w/ these style of racers.

So, depends on the play-style, I'd say.
 
[quote name='JakeNome']
I also decided to give Silverfall a shot, since I bandwagoned and bought it for cheap during the last big sale. First of all, make sure you install the base game first before installing the expansion (if you want to start with a level 1 character). Otherwise, you will have to verify the files in Earth's Awakening. But, before you even do that, don't bother installing the game. its terrible. Maybe I'm just spoiled by games of the genre. I played Diablo1,2,3, Torchlight 1,2, Titan Quests, Path of Exile, Sacred Gold, Hinterland, etc. Silverfall is real unenjoyable right from the start. I can't really give any exact reasons. It just isnt fun. Invisible walls over the map dont help much either. The visuals arent bad, with the cartoony cell-shaded look. But thats the only good thing about the game. Theres way too much uninteresting dialogue to click through for quests. The map doesnt adjust to how you have the screen rotated. I dont think its possible to put a potion in a hotbar. The crafting system looks way too complicated for me to give a damn about it. The skills are boring.

I would like to say that I am biased against old clunky games, but that isnt true. I played Sacred Gold recently for 20+ hours and enjoyed it. That game was clunky as hell and is quite old.

tldr#2: Silverfall is garbage, dont bother installing it. It is a huge download too.[/QUOTE]

Sorry you didn't like Silverfall: Complete. :(

I, on the other-hand, really liked the game; especially w/ both SF & SF:EA installed together. Of course, I played them both NOT too long after they both were released; that probably helped quite a bit, as well.

I liked the setting; art-style; the combat; party-based ARPG; and that you actually had to make choices in some quests (either pro-Technology or pro-Nature) - and it also would reflect what skills you could or couldn't learn, as well.
 
[quote name='MysterD']Sorry you didn't like Silverfall: Complete. :(

I, on the other-hand, really liked the game; especially w/ both SF & SF:EA installed together. Of course, I played them both NOT too long after they both were released; that probably helped quite a bit, as well.

I liked the setting; art-style; the combat; party-based ARPG; and that you actually had to make choices in some quests (either pro-Technology or pro-Nature) - and it also would reflect what skills you could or couldn't learn, as well.[/QUOTE]


I tried it recently, too. Wouldn't say it's that bad but it just isn't holding my interest. The environments are fairly generic (massive open areas filled with set groups of mobs a la Titan quest) and there's no real sense of exploration. The nature vs. technology thing is neat but overall the talents are fairly generic. I'd probably be more into it if I hadn't already sunk 100+ hours into Torchlight 2 and various other ARPGs. That said, I don't blame you for my purchase as I've had my eye on it for a while. :lol:
 
[quote name='pantsattack']Aww, I thought he was playing Hotline Miami, but he just shaved his beard.[/QUOTE]

Someone else got to enjoy that sad realization, good. :oldman:
 
[quote name='Mooby']I tried it recently, too. Wouldn't say it's that bad but it just isn't holding my interest. The environments are fairly generic (massive open areas filled with set groups of mobs a la Titan quest) and there's no real sense of exploration. The nature vs. technology thing is neat but overall the talents are fairly generic. I'd probably be more into it if I hadn't already sunk 100+ hours into Torchlight 2 and various other ARPGs. That said, I don't blame you for my purchase as I've had my eye on it for a while. :lol:[/QUOTE]

Oh, yeah - sinking 100+ hours into other ARPG's already recently won't help matters, either.

I think that's why I haven't finished TL2 - I've played so many isometric ARPG's over the years (D1, D2 with LOD, DS1, DS2 + BW, DS3, TQ with IT, etc) and also recently played through D3 (first difficulty) and S2: Gold here and there...
then when I got 10 hours into TL2...and I just stopped cold w/ it.

Also probably why I'm playing TDU2 now - I needed a break from RPG's, as I was recently playing Skyrim again...
 
So do you need to make an account anywhere in TDU 2? Or should I say make an account anywhere not in the game as in on a website?

It's going to take me at least 2-3 days to get my TDU 2 downloaded and installed, and well I want to avoid any more time trying to get the game running than I have to. I can already tell, this Securom might be a nightmare.

It sounds like Ni No Kuni and TDU2 will be fighting for my time. Ni No Kuni will probably win for now with TDU 2 sprinkled in an hour or so here or there.
 
[quote name='MysterD']Sorry you didn't like Silverfall: Complete. :(

I, on the other-hand, really liked the game; especially w/ both SF & SF:EA installed together. Of course, I played them both NOT too long after they both were released; that probably helped quite a bit, as well.

I liked the setting; art-style; the combat; party-based ARPG; and that you actually had to make choices in some quests (either pro-Technology or pro-Nature) - and it also would reflect what skills you could or couldn't learn, as well.[/QUOTE]

I liked all of that stuff too, yet I still agree with JakeNome. Everything is in place for a decent ARPG, but the game is just painfully boring. The enemy groups become way too predictable, not to mention the game's biggest problem - unbalanced difficulty and enemies with way too much HP.

On easy - and oh, how I hate having to switch any game to easy - you respawn with all your gear and the game is fairly manageable. Except for the fact that even basic enemies often take 30 seconds to several literal minutes to kill. On normal or harder, just forget about it, pretty much any enemy encounter can be fatal and you have to go find your corpse to get your gear back (not an inherently bad mechanic, I just feel it doesn't work in Silverfall.)

I mean, I finished both campaigns but by the end I really was hating it. Just my two cents, and still far from the worst thing I own on Steam.
 
[quote name='Sir_Fragalot']So do you need to make an account anywhere in TDU 2? Or should I say make an account anywhere not in the game as in on a website?
It's going to take me at least 2-3 days to get my TDU 2 downloaded and installed, and well I want to avoid any more time trying to get the game running than I have to. I can already tell, this Securom might be a nightmare.

It sounds like Ni No Kuni and TDU2 will be fighting for my time. Ni No Kuni will probably win for now with TDU 2 sprinkled in an hour or so here or there.
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The installer sends you to: https://www.testdriveunlimited2.com/user/register
to create an account for online play (no need for serial for the account).

SecuROM activation wasn't the automated behind your back kind, but simply a prompt on first launch to enter your serial (then it connected to the server, reduced your computer to a simple number, and put a kitten in a Schrödinger Box).
 
[quote name='asheskitty']and put a kitten in a Schrödinger Box).[/QUOTE]

Which was, to be honest, a timesaver, as I had planned to do that anyway.
 
Steam got butthurt over people posting non-steam deals on steam, correct? Then why is it when I pull up Trine (4inFeb,woo!) I see an article telling me to save money by buying on GOG? Bwuh?
 
Steam got butthurt over people posting non-steam deals on steam, correct? Then why is it when I pull up Trine (4inFeb,woo!) I see an article telling me to save money by buying on GOG? Wha?
 
[quote name='Bilbo1']if i understood correctly, it had mainly to do with origin games and origin deals[/QUOTE]

Aren't there some EA games on Steam, like Alice? Can someone check and see if the articles that pop up mention Origin at all, I'd be curious. I just find it amusing that steam would go after the community and not think to check that first.
 
I do wonder why the GOG group never got taken down. Posting advertisements for their sales is pretty much the only reason that the GOG Group exists.
 
[quote name='The End']I do wonder why the GOG group never got taken down. Posting advertisements for their sales is pretty much the only reason that the GOG Group exists.[/QUOTE]

CAG is going wonky, for a few minutes this post of yours was what I had just posted. The steam-machine is on to me!!! :hot:
 
[quote name='SeymourGams']CAG is going wonky, for a few minutes this post of yours was what I had just posted. The steam-machine is on to me!!! :hot:[/QUOTE]

lol no, I actually re-posted your double post to make it the same thing three times in a row. Then when you deleted your second post, I deleted my re-post of what you posted because it just looked weird. Not that it was a real knee-slapper on my part, but any humor was gone after you deleted your second post.
 
[quote name='asheskitty']
I'm sorry to hear you had so much trouble getting networking to work with it. One thing that comes to mind is to enable the UPnP option on your router (that allows applications to open the ports they need).

What vehicle are you driving? I also suggest turning assists off ("hardcore" in TDU2 parlance). I have a personal like of the Touareg, and a strong personal disdain for the H3 (IRL and in game). I haven't tried the new makes of Land Rover.[/QUOTE]

Yeah, UPnP was active on the router before I started. I can't explain it.

I have the Touareg (weird name, VW!)--it was the cheapest B4 vehicle I could get. I've been playing with full assistance because I'm frankly not that good at racing games. I do like the driving and Sims-esque non-driving stuff though.

[quote name='MysterD']@AshesKitty & TDU2 players:

I think "Hardcore" assistance mode might be WAY too loose of a setting for some players - making it way too easy to spin-out; and way to easy lose control.
"Sports" assistance mode seems to play more similar to say NFS series & Burnout series (at their default settings, if you change nothing on those games).
It's the setting I've been using for TDU2.[/QUOTE]

Hm. I may try switching to sport to see whether this is a better fit. One of the big frustrations I have with races is that it can be appallingly easy (for me) to make one screw-up that totally derails my chances of winning (overshoot a 90-degree turn, for example).

[quote name='Idiotekque']What! Why are you driving all SUVs? Are you a soccer mom, Ashes?[/QUOTE]

Actually the championships call for different kinds of vehicles. In the case of the B-class, you can only use "off-roaders" like the ones Asheskitty mentioned above.
 
[quote name='SeymourGams']Aren't there some EA games on Steam, like Alice? Can someone check and see if the articles that pop up mention Origin at all, I'd be curious. I just find it amusing that steam would go after the community and not think to check that first.[/QUOTE]

Well I know certain EA games on Steam require you to login to an Origin account and at least for the Sims there are some bonus items if you register your game on Sims3.com (which is merged with the Origin accounts).

The whole thing is a bit silly because EA is obviously moving away from putting their titles on Steam and moving toward making people use Origin. The only EA games still on Steam are older titles which have been discounted cheaply multiple times now and aren't really hot sellers at this point outside of a cheap sale. I don't think they stand to lose much in that area.

As for non-EA games, I don't know anyone who actively seeks them out on Origin. The sales on non-EA games there are not great and Origin still has a ways to go to catch up with Steam feature-wise. Plus at this point most people have the bulk of their collections on Steam or elsewhere so I don't see a huge compelling reason to switch over to Origin for non-EA games.
 
I'm enjoying Borderlands 2, but the enemy scaling is annoying. I just went to do a trivial quest to whip through quickly because the reward was good, but all of the enemies were right around my level. It was just as tough as doing a normal level quest. I think I'll just finish up the main quest and move on. There doesn't seem to be any point to leveling up if the enemies stay with you anyway.
 
Even though Saturday was my wife's birthday, I was still able to squeeze in a few hours of Skyrim this weekend. I have to say, as a HUGE fan of Morrowind (and the Elder Scrolls, in general) I am absolutely loving the Dragonborn DLC. Can't wait to complete it and explore all of it's side quests.

My SO and I are also playing through Titan Quest. I never caught it when it came out, but I'm surprised at how well it holds up. I'd like to go on record as saying that it is better than recent entries into the genre. I think it's better than Diablo 3 by a mile, and even better than Torchlight 2.

Well, that was my Steam weekend. :)
 
[quote name='momouchi']I'm enjoying Borderlands 2, but the enemy scaling is annoying. I just went to do a trivial quest to whip through quickly because the reward was good, but all of the enemies were right around my level. It was just as tough as doing a normal level quest. I think I'll just finish up the main quest and move on. There doesn't seem to be any point to leveling up if the enemies stay with you anyway.[/QUOTE]

Enemy level doesn't scale to yours on every map/quest/boss until playthrough 2.5. If it's labeled "trivial" on your log screen, something sounds screwy. For the first 2 playthroughs, you should be able to outlevel the quest and then come back to it, but the reward will stay at that level too.
 
[quote name='momouchi']I'm enjoying Borderlands 2, but the enemy scaling is annoying. I just went to do a trivial quest to whip through quickly because the reward was good, but all of the enemies were right around my level. It was just as tough as doing a normal level quest. I think I'll just finish up the main quest and move on. There doesn't seem to be any point to leveling up if the enemies stay with you anyway.[/QUOTE]

Enemies don't scale in Borderlands, except possibly slaughter dome missions. Right now I'm @ lvl 36 and my main quest mission is a 31 and I still have the Hammerlock DLC to play. I'll probably blow through the final mission with ease.
 
I don't know. The quest say Level 13, trivial but I am level 19 and all the enemies are 18-20. There hasn't been a single one below 17. I was thinking maybe the area always has that level enemies, but even the quest-specific enemies have been 17 or 18. Just seems odd to me.
 
[quote name='jshackles']

My SO and I are also playing through Titan Quest. I think it's better than Diablo 3 by a mile, and even better than Torchlight 2.

Well, that was my Steam weekend. :)[/QUOTE]

Agree.
 
[quote name='jshackles']My SO and I are also playing through Titan Quest. I never caught it when it came out, but I'm surprised at how well it holds up. I'd like to go on record as saying that it is better than recent entries into the genre. I think it's better than Diablo 3 by a mile, and even better than Torchlight 2.

Well, that was my Steam weekend. :)[/QUOTE]

If you haven't heard of Path of Exile you should check it out. It's free 2 play and really well done.
 
Anybody here own either Cities XL 2011 or Cities XL 2012? Supposedly owners of those games can get Cities XL Platinum for 85% off (which would be $4.50). If any of you own the earlier games, would you mind checking to see if it's possible to buy gift copies at the reduced rate?
 
[quote name='CheapLikeAFox']Anybody else see their Raptr 2012 summary? I thought it was pretty cool. Says I earned 327 achievements last year, seems like a lot.[/QUOTE]

Thanks for mentioning this, otherwise I wouldn't have looked. Yeah, this is a cool feature. Tells which games you played the most and what your rarest achievement is and everything. And yeah...I earned 1,791 achievements, which is like 5 a day. /foreveralone.jpg
 
[quote name='Thrinn']If you haven't heard of Path of Exile you should check it out. It's free 2 play and really well done.[/QUOTE]

Sweet, I'll have to check this out. Though, probably won't be until we finish Titan Quest and it's expansion.

[quote name='The End']Anybody here own either Cities XL 2011 or Cities XL 2012? Supposedly owners of those games can get Cities XL Platinum for 85% off (which would be $4.50). If any of you own the earlier games, would you mind checking to see if it's possible to buy gift copies at the reduced rate?[/QUOTE]

Also wondering this. I see that Cities XL 2011 is currently $19.99 and owning it will entitle you to upgrade to Cities XL Platinum for $4.50, making the total purchase about $25 rather than the $30 they're charging for Platinum alone.
 
I think Motoki was able to get it gifted to him at the discount price from another CAG so it is possible, might want to PM him to see who got him the hook up.
 
Titan Quest was a great game, ruined by an awful loot generator. You'll barely ever get anything good. Shame, really. I piled way too many hours into that game with hardly any reward.
 
[quote name='WilliamG']Titan Quest was a great game, ruined by an awful loot generator. You'll barely ever get anything good. Shame, really. I piled way too many hours into that game with hardly any reward.[/QUOTE]

It may just be luck, but I'm having a bit of the opposite experience. I've put about 10 hours into the game so far, and I've always found really solid loot (though, sometimes, a few levels above what my character can equip so I have to save it)

That was my primary gripe with Diablo 3. Since they introduced the RMAH, it seemed like Blizzard would rather you PAY for the good items instead of them being dropped. I went through the first 3 areas feeling underpowered and that I never found any "good" equipment. Finally, I just gave up.

In Titan Quest, I'm finding all kinds of cool "unique" loot, and I really like their item modifiers which are making my normal stuff pretty awesome too.
 
[quote name='CheapLikeAFox']I think Motoki was able to get it gifted to him at the discount price from another CAG so it is possible, might want to PM him to see who got him the hook up.[/QUOTE]

It's possible. I bought it from someone here who was able to gift it to me at the discounted price. Not sure if I should mention who since that person might get a ton of PMs about it.

Note that owners of the Platinum version do not get the discount if they buy more gift copies. It's only for owners of the 2011 and 2012 versions.

You can always go the Cities XL 2011 page and see if it shows any of your Steam friends as owning it.

The Cities XL 2012 page is gone, with the Platinum replacing it so I don't know if there's an easy way to see who owns that game anymore.

You can apparently go to http://steamcommunity.com/id//friendsthatplay/201760 and it should show you who you are friends with who own the 2012 version. You can't get there through the store page because they yanked it since the Platinum version more or less replaces 2012, but the community page is still up http://steamcommunity.com/app/201760.
 
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